New businesses in Pennsylvania — October 2026
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Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 6,518 Pennsylvania business records entered our newly opened businesses section, ninth among U.S. states. Philadelphia received 1,070 of them, almost three times as many as Pittsburgh (367).
How many new businesses opened in Pennsylvania?
The 6,518 new Pennsylvania records average about 217 a day; the date on each is the day it reached us, not the opening day. Pennsylvania is the fifth-largest state in our database (828,933 records), behind only California, Texas, Florida and New York, but ninth for new records: Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey and Georgia, each with fewer records, received more. Measured against what we already hold, that is 7.9 new records per 1,000, 43rd of the 50 states. The rate sets new records against the stock we hold, so a state with a large database needs more new records to keep pace; Pennsylvania still received more new records than 41 of the 50 states. The Pennsylvania page of our data section has the current figures by city and sector.
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and the cities in between
| City | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records | Phone (all records) | Website information (all records) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 1,070 | 93,310 | 11.5 | 83.4% | 57.2% |
| Pittsburgh | 367 | 39,867 | 9.2 | 86.3% | 67.7% |
| Allentown | 159 | 12,672 | 12.5 | 91.0% | 63.3% |
| Lancaster | 127 | 12,715 | 10.0 | 90.8% | 71.0% |
| Bethlehem | 101 | 7,567 | 13.3 | 90.6% | 66.8% |
| Harrisburg | 99 | 7,484 | 13.2 | 87.7% | 62.9% |
| York | 94 | 7,628 | 12.3 | 90.5% | 66.3% |
| Erie | 93 | 10,496 | 8.9 | 90.7% | 64.6% |
| Reading | 71 | 5,009 | 14.2 | 87.2% | 51.9% |
| Scranton | 56 | 5,089 | 11.0 | 89.2% | 55.6% |
| West Chester | 47 | 6,086 | 7.7 | 92.3% | 74.9% |
| State College | 40 | 4,282 | 9.3 | 86.8% | 71.8% |
| Doylestown | 36 | 4,129 | 8.7 | 93.3% | 74.2% |
| Wilkes-Barre | 31 | 4,071 | 7.6 | 90.2% | 63.2% |
| Mechanicsburg | 29 | 4,227 | 6.9 | 91.1% | 73.7% |
Philadelphia leads with 1,070 new records, and here the city filter and the county filter return the same place: Philadelphia County has the city’s boundaries. Pittsburgh is second (367) with a lower rate — 9.2 new records per 1,000, against 11.5 in Philadelphia. The highest rates belong to much smaller cities: Reading (14.2), Bethlehem (13.3), Harrisburg (the state capital, 13.2), Allentown (12.5) and York (12.3). Allentown and Lancaster hold almost the same number of records (12,672 and 12,715), but Allentown received more new ones (159 against 127).
Cafés move fastest in Pennsylvania
| Sector | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 222 | 24,072 | 9.2 |
| Construction companies | 168 | 18,042 | 9.3 |
| Hair and beauty salons | 152 | 21,102 | 7.2 |
| Auto repair shops | 101 | 16,707 | 6.0 |
| Supermarkets and grocery stores | 94 | 7,721 | 12.2 |
| Dentists and dental clinics | 92 | 11,692 | 7.9 |
| Real estate agencies | 90 | 19,071 | 4.7 |
| Cafés | 83 | 3,761 | 22.1 |
| Gyms and fitness studios | 39 | 3,140 | 12.4 |
| Clothing stores | 37 | 5,259 | 7.0 |
| Bakeries and pastry shops | 35 | 3,047 | 11.5 |
| Bars and pubs | 34 | 3,142 | 10.8 |
| Car dealers | 18 | 3,834 | 4.7 |
| Pharmacies | <5 | 2,841 | — |
Restaurants lead with 222 new records, followed by construction companies (168) and hair and beauty salons (152). Relative to their size, cafés moved fastest by a wide margin: 83 new records against 3,761 in our database, 22.1 per 1,000 — almost twice the rate of the next sectors, gyms and fitness studios (12.4) and supermarkets and grocery stores (12.2). Among the five largest sectors in our Pennsylvania database, real estate agencies (4.7 per 1,000) and auto repair shops (6.0) had the lowest rates. Fewer than five new pharmacy records arrived in the 30 days.
Pennsylvania next to its six neighbors
| State | New records | Rank among the 50 states | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 12,413 | 4 | 1,270,209 | 9.8 |
| Ohio | 7,678 | 6 | 704,761 | 10.9 |
| New Jersey | 7,630 | 7 | 617,383 | 12.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,518 | 9 | 828,933 | 7.9 |
| Maryland | 3,606 | 20 | 402,247 | 9.0 |
| Delaware | 881 | 42 | 79,439 | 11.1 |
| West Virginia | 863 | 44 | 104,324 | 8.3 |
Pennsylvania borders six states, and every one of them had a higher rate, from 8.3 new records per 1,000 in West Virginia to 12.4 in New Jersey. Only New York, Ohio and New Jersey received more new records. On the records themselves the large neighbors look alike: phone numbers are on 85.3% of all Pennsylvania records in our database, against 86.2% in Ohio and 86.5% in New Jersey, and website information on 62.4%, 63.7% and 62.2%.
Who can use the Pennsylvania list
- Philadelphia and its collar counties. One county filter covers the city; Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties cover the suburbs. West Chester and Doylestown, the county seats of Chester and Bucks, are the two Philadelphia suburbs in the table.
- Coffee and groceries. 83 new cafés and 94 new supermarkets and grocery stores — customers for coffee roasters, food distributors and refrigeration suppliers. The distributor’s view: new grocery stores and supermarkets.
- The Lehigh Valley and the capital region. Allentown and Bethlehem, in Lehigh and Northampton counties, received 260 new records together. Harrisburg in Dauphin County and Mechanicsburg, across the Susquehanna in Cumberland County, add 128.
How to pull a Pennsylvania list
- Location: United States, State: Pennsylvania, then a county — for example Philadelphia, Allegheny for Pittsburgh, or Lehigh and Northampton for the Lehigh Valley — or a city when the territory really is one city.
- Section and category: newly opened businesses (the last 30 days, updated daily), then a sector or a narrower category. Categories are each record’s own and are not merged: “coffee shop” and “café” are separate choices.
- Reach: Phone — has, for a call list; Website — none, for web design prospects.
- Count, open, watch: search and counts are free on every plan; a credit is spent only when you first open a record, and an export counts as an open (pricing). Save the search and new matches arrive by email every day.
Pennsylvania businesses also turn up in state filings and in directories; how those sources differ from a feed of new locations: U.S. business lists compared.